US10928994B2ActiveUtilityA1

Processing objects on touch screen devices

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Assignee: IBMPriority: Aug 16, 2017Filed: Nov 21, 2017Granted: Feb 23, 2021
Est. expiryAug 16, 2037(~11.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

A computer-implemented method for processing objects on touch screen devices is proposed. According to the method, one or more grid sizes is determined, wherein the one or more grid sizes comprise one or more text grid sizes. The one or more text grid sizes are determined by at least one of character, word, sentence, and section. Based on the one or more grid sizes, the one or more objects on the touch screen could be divided into one or more grids. The objects on the screen could be selected discontinuously by selecting grids on the screen.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 determining one or more grid sizes, on a touchscreen, wherein the one or more grid sizes comprise one or more text grid sizes, wherein the one or more text grid sizes are; based on text size display and page zoom percentage, and wherein determining the one or more grid sizes further comprises:
 determining a predefined text size; 
 determining one or more visual text sizes; and 
 determining the one or more text grid sizes based on a comparison of at least the predefined text size and the one or more visual text sizes,
 wherein when the visual text size is less than the predefined text size, the text grid size encompasses a sentence; 
 wherein when the visual text size is equal to the predefined text size, the text grid size encompasses a word; and 
 wherein when the visual text size is larger than the predefined text size, the text grid size encompasses a character; 
 
 dividing one or more objects on a screen into one or more grids based on at least the one or more text grid sizes; 
 detecting a text area being touched in the one or more text grid sizes; 
 determining a maximum font size of text within the text area being touched, wherein the maximum font size of text is based on the text size display and the page zoom percentage; 
 adjusting the one or more text grid sizes based on the text area being touched; 
 selecting entire contents of the one or more text grid sizes by a single touch; 
 selecting one or more objects, by one or more touches, that are discontinuously distributed on the screen, wherein the one or more objects comprise all objects within the one or more grids; and 
 storing the selected one or more objects, and its respective sequence, in memory for further operation. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining one or more changed text grid sizes. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein determining one or more changed text grid sizes further comprises:
 determining one or more changed visual text sizes; and 
 determining the one or more changed text grid sizes based on a comparison of at least the one or more changed visual text sizes and a predefined text size. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more grid sizes further comprises:
 determining one or more figure grid sizes; 
 recognizing one or more texts in one or more figures associated with the one or more figure grid sizes; and 
 determining the one or more text grid sizes of the one or more texts in the one or more figures. 
 
     
     
       5. The computer system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 processing the selected one or more object units, that are discontinuously distributed and selected on the screen, according to an order of selecting the one or more object units. 
 
     
     
       6. The computer system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more text grid sizes are selected from a group consisting of a character, a word, a sentence, and a section.

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